- Canonical form: /questions/[question ID]/[question title]
- Most links generated by the site itself have this form (e.g. question lists, sidebar widgets)
- [question title] is not the full title if it's longer than 80 characters
- What you type as [question title] doesn't matter; if you type something else, it'll still redirect to the canonical form (which exists for SEO purposes)
- If you use an answer ID instead of a question ID, it'll still work and redirect to the canonical form (of the answer)
- Parameters (here is an extended but not up-to-date list, these are the ones I see the most):
lq=1: visited from the Linked Questions sidebar widgetrq=1: visited from the Related Questions sidebar widgetnoredirect=1: prevents redirection to original question (only active for anonymous users)redirection to original question in the following cases:- Questions with no answers closed as duplicates of one question (only active for anonymous users)
- Questions migrated to other sites (i.e. migration stubs) (always prevented for moderators)
lastactivity: links to the last activity (edited post, new answer) on the pagecb=1: visited from the Community Bulletin (sidebar widget with Meta posts and blog links)r=SearchResults: visited from a search results page. In this case, a parameters=[rank]|[relevance]is added as well; see here for more details.answertab=[sort], where[sort]is one ofactive,oldest,votes, makes sure the right sort is set (regardless of the user's current choice). Often combined with a#tab-topfragment to scroll down to the answers.
- Short form: /q/[question ID] or /q/[question ID]/[user ID]
- This is the link you get by clicking the share link underneath a question; the user ID is the one currently logged in, not the author. It makes sure the link counts for the Announcer badge and its kin.
- If you use an answer ID instead of a question ID, it'll still work and redirect to the canonical form (of the answer)
- If you use the ID of a tag wiki or excerpt, e.g. https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/62883, it will redirect to the tag info page.
- An obscure form, used in the newsletter: /landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=[question ID]
- Most URLs support
currentinstead of a user ID. This will automatically be populated with the user who is currently logged in, so e.g. /users/current will redirect to your own user page. - Canonical form: /users/[user ID]/[display name]
- What you type as [display name] doesn't matter; if you type something else, it'll still redirect to the canonical form (which exists for SEO purposes)
- For your own user (for ♦ moderators, all users), this shows the Activity page; for other users, the Profile page
- Navigation is possible with
- the
tabparameter (for the top tab: Profile / Activity and the second Activity tab (Summary / Answers / Questions etc.) - the
sortparameter (for subtabs; sometimes it does affect the sorting, e.g. answers by votes or by creation date; sometimes it's just an additional filter, e.g. with votes) - the
pageparameter
- the
- Short form: /u/[user ID]
- Even works for deleted users (♦ moderators are able to view them)
- Doesn't support
current
- Flag summary: /users/flag-summary/[user ID]
- Normally only works on your own user ID; ♦ moderators can view other users' flag summaries as well.
- Edit profile page: /users/edit/[user ID]
- Normally only works on your own user ID; ♦ moderators can edit other users' profiles and some of the subpages as well.
- Edit subpages have their own URL structure, e.g. /users/email/settings/[user ID] for the email settings and /users/delete/[user ID] for the 'Delete account' page.
- Deleted recent posts: /users/recently-deleted-questions/[user ID] and /users/recently-deleted-answers/[user ID]
- Normally only works on your own user ID; ♦ moderators can view them for other users as well.
- Doesn't support
current
